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Ashok Palit This book is about the journey of two of the most eminent personalities of the Odia Film Industry. It brings to the fore their rise to the top as an actor, producer, and director and highlights their trials and tribulations at a time when the industry was in its fledgling stage. They embarked upon their passion at a ...
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By Dr. Kanak Hota,Chicago In this bleak moment when mankind reels under the threat of an epidemic that refuses to subside, and natural disasters like flood, fire, and storm threaten in tandem our very existence, there couldn’t have been a more appropriate time for the appearance of a colossally optimistic novel, After the Deluge (Black Eagle Books, USA)a translation of ...
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